Table 7 Significant associations in correlative analysis
Outcome variable | Observed range of variable | Statistically significant predictors | Effect size | 95% Confidence intervals | P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# of Graduates | 4 to 384 | Public ownership of medical achool Total number of teaching staff Advanced ICT score | 64 0.068 3.9 | 27 to 102 0.00042 to 0.14 0.72 to 7.2 | P = 0.0011 P = 0.049 P = 0.017 |
% of Teaching Staff Positions Vacant | 0% to 86% | GDP per capita (in USD, log scale) Public ownership of medical school | -9.8% 16% | -17% to -3.0% 4.0% to 28% | P = 0.0035 P = 0.0092 |
% of Faculty Involved in Research (by quartile: 0-1%, 1.6-5%, 10%-15%, 20%-100%) | 1-4 | Strengthened institutional research tools Provision of funded research time English as a language of instruction Arabic as a language of instruction | 0.90 0.51 0.58 -0.81 | 0.45 to 1.35 0.022 to 1.0 0.067 to 1.6 -1.6 to-0.011 | P = 0.00015 P = 0.049 P = 0.027 P = 0.047 |
% Gross Faculty Loss over Past Five Years | 0% to 61% | Raising salaries/providing bonuses named as innovation | -7.4% | -13% to -1.3% | P = 0.018 |
# of PGME programs (by tercile: 0, 1-5, or 6+) | 1-3 | Age of medical school (in years) From southern Africa Having faculty in research | 0.017 0.64 0.61 | 0.0085 to 0.025 0.064 to 1.2 0.16 to 1.0 | P = 0.00090 P = 0.030 P = 0.0082 |
Use of TBL, PBL, CBL | Ordinal variables, range 1-4 | Preclinical years: TBL-PBL Preclinical years: CBL-PBL Preclinical years: TBL-CBL Clinical years: TBL-CBL Clinical years: TBL-PBL | Chi squared test does not yield effect size. All associations seen were positive. | P < 0.0001 P < 0.0001 P < 0.0001 P < 0.0001 P = 0.00026 | |
% of Graduates Preferring Practice as Rural General Practitioners 5 Years out | 0% to 42.7% | Existence of a compulsory service programs Moderate number of PGME programs French as a language of instruction) | 7.1% 12% 9.8% | 0.12% to 14% 4.5% to 19% 1.8% to 18% | P = 0.039 P = 0.016 P = 0.016 |
% of Graduates Preferring Practice as Any General Practitioner 5 Years Out | 0% to 100% | French as a language of instruction | 22% | 6.1% to 37% | P = 0.0070 |
Total Number of Medical Schools in a Country | 0 to 29 | Population of country (millions) Total land mass of country (millions of km2) | 0.13 4.3 | 0.095 to 0.17 2.6 to 6.0 | P < 0.0001 P < 0.0001 |